Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	good_a	grace_n	lord_n	7,245	5	3.6848	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75032	The whole duty of man epitomiz'd for the benefit of the poor. With select prayers suited to every partition. By Edm. Stacy, a minister of the Church of England.; Whole duty of man. Abridgments	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.; Stacy, Edmund, b. 1657 or 8.	1700 (1700)	Wing A1193A; ESTC R223863	44,918	146

choaks both our Charity and our Justice if therefore we ever intend our Charity should grow in our Minds we must first weed out of 'em this Sin of Self-love for 't is impossible they can prosper together and then when this and all other hinderances are remov'd we are to fly to our grand Remedy Prayer that God would Prayer a means to procure it frame our Hearts into such a galless Temper that we may be enabled rightly to perform this great Duty And now I have done with those several Christian Duties both possible and pleasant things I at first propos'd in shewing what is our Duty to God our Selves and our Neighbour and surely through the whole there seems nothing of Impossibility the things themselves are all reasonable Just and Practicable and what 's more delightful and pleasant too even those that may seem to expose us to Persecutions and Even when they expose us to Suffering Suffering from their Ends and Consequences are the Objects of more Joy then Grief There is such a Power in Vertue such a Satisfaction in a good Conscience and such a Secret and constant Pleasure in the Performance of the Christian Duties that there is no Apology to be made for our Neglect beside 't is a dangerous thing to defer our return to God the Particulars I have set down in The danger of delaying our turning to God the Discourse of Repentance and thither I refer you with the Wise Kings most rational Advice Eccles 5. 7. Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord and put not off from Day to Day An Introductory Prayer for Faith BLessed Lord God strengthen and confirm my Faith I besee thee that I may truly believe and depend upon thy Holy Name and Word improve my Understanding and direct my Will that whatsoever I read in this or any Book tending to the Promotion of Religion and the Salvation of my Soul may sink so deep into my Mind that I may bring forth by it the Fruit of good Living to thy Praise and Honour O Jesus my only Mediator and Advocate A Prayer suited for the First Partition INstruct me O my God in the Whole Duty of Man enrich me with thy blessed Spirit that the Lights of Nature and Scripture may shine bright in me and guide me through the distinct Branches of my Duty to Thee my Self and my Neighbour Give me O Jesus merciful Jesus such an awful Sence of thy Eternal Essence that by a steady and unalterable Faith I may lay hold on thy gracious Promises improve and enliven my hope by a fixt and solid Dependance upon thy Goodness and yet restrain me too that I may in no respect be possest with the Vanity of Presumption O God of Love inspire my Soul with such a Holy Ardency that I may make it the whole business of my Life to Adore and Love Thee O God of Love Let the Fear of Thee O glorious Majesty posses me with such a Holy Reverence and Regard for Thee that I may be afraid to do any thing against the Honour due to thy Name or to provoke Thee with any kind of Sin or Folly and in all my Wants and Extremities give me Grace to put my whole Trust and Confidence in Thee O Almighty Lord For the Second ENdow me O Lamb of God with a Spirit of Meekness and Humility that I may be enabl'd to submit to thy Will and to undergo all the Sufferings of my Life with Calmness and Moderation O thou Eternal Fountain of all Honour Glory and Power for thy own sake I beseech Thee impress deeply upon my Soul a high Reverence and Regard for thy House the Church and the Possessions thou hast set a part for thy own Use and let thy Day thy Word and thy Sacraments be always precious in my sight O Lord my Strength and my Redeemer For the Third O Merciful Jesus who hast prepar'd a blessed Feast for the Entertainmment of my Soul give me Grace before I presume to approach thy Table to prove my Self by a strict Examination how fit I am to be a Guest at such an Holy Banquet and seeing I can never prepare my self as I ought without Repentance Faith and Obedience Direct me I beseech Thee in the right performance of those great Duties and in every other Grace and Vertue that is any ways requisite to qualifie me aright for that awful Mystery For the Fourth O Omnipotent and Eternal God I acknowledg'd thy Name is Great Wonderful and Holy and most worthy of Honour and Adoration keep me therefore dread Lord from all kind of Blasphemy and Perjury and from all vain and unlawful Oaths and from every other Sin that may any ways tend to debase the Majesty of thy most glorious Name For the Fifth THY Name O Lord is thy own glorious Self Hear me therefore O great Jehova That when I Pray Repent or Fast or do any of the other Duties of Religion I may do them all with an habitual Reverence and Purity of Intention to the Praise and Honour of thy Name For the Sixth DIrect me O my God in the Duties to my Self Impress upon me O Eternal Goodness a sober Mind and an Humble Spirit that I may acquit my self to Thee and my Fellow-Creature as becomes a Wise Man and a good Christian keep I beseech Thee all Pride and Vain-Glory out of my Heart and from a due Reflection upon the Folly and Danger that attends them give me Grace to use the means to prevent 'em effectually endow me O thou Author of all good Gifts with a meek and quiet Spirit that I may form my Life after thy Example O blessed Jesus For the Seventh BLess me O Father of Mercy with a contented Mind through every State and Turn of my Life and let neither Murmuring Ambition Covetousness or Envy at any time get the Dominion over my Reason and disturb the Composure of my Soul Assist me mercifully O Lord in the performance of those Duties that concern my Body that by the help of Chastity and Temperance I may utterly mortifie all my Corrupt Lusts and Appetites and make it a fit Receptacle for a pure Mind and a quiet Conscience For the Eighth GIve me O thou Eternal Fountain of all Order and Sobriety a fixt and setl'd Hatred against all Intemperance but more especially against that of excessive Drinking discover to me I beseech Thee the false Ends of Drinking and imprint upon me such a deep sence of the Danger and Folly and withal of the Loathsomeness of it that I may reject it as a Vice much below the Dignity of a Man much more of a Christian For the Ninth O Holy Holy Holy Lord God direct me I beseech Thee in a right Application of all thy Blessings Thou hast given me leave to Sleep for the Support and Repose of my Frail Body teach me likewise O God of Temperance to measure it by the Ends for which thou was at first pleas'd to ordain

signifies yet more it means by Faith we should believe the Holy Scriptures to be his Word and that all that he speaks to us by them are most true that all that he affirms is Indubitable that his Commands Of Faith of God's Affirmations Commands Threatnings and Promises are Just and Equal his Threatnings and Punishments certain and unavoidable and that all his Promises are Yea and Amen and will most certainly be made good to all those that faithfully depend upon him This is the summ of our Faith or Belief of those things God has been pleased to reveal to us in the Holy Scriptures The next Duty to God is Hope which is a comfortable Expectation of his Promises and should be always preserv'd from the dangerous extream Of Hope Presumption and Despair of Presumption or Despair We should neither depend to much nor too little upon his Mercies but rely upon his Justice and Integrity for our Rewards and Punishments A Third Duty we owe to God is Love Of Love and the Motives i. e. Gods Goodness Excellence and his kindness to Men. a Duty which without doubt he has the the greatest right to both upon the account of his Goodness and Compassion to us his Innate Excellence and his particular Kindness to all Mankind God is most Good Just and Excellent he is perfectly Holy Kind and Compassionate and cannot be charg'd with any Impurity or the least mixture of any thing that is evil his Goodness and Kindness are Immence and Infinite and have been so abundantly demonstrated both to our Bodies and Souls that we cannot refuse him our Love without the greatest Injustice The Scripture abound with Holy Invitations endearing Promises and affectionate Offers by which he endeavours as it were to woo us into good Lives and to entreat us to accept of Happiness here and Eternal Happiness hereafter The two great Tokens of our true The Fruits of Love a desire to please● and enjoy him Love to God are First An earnest desire to please him 〈◊〉 and Secondly To enjoy him This is the common Indication of true Love in all ordinary Cases and above all othe● things doth best approve us to thos● we have a real value for The reality of ou● Affections to Go● Of pleasing God are best declar'd b● a steady Conformit● to the Divine Will a readiness t● obey his Commandments and a● awful regard to his Precepts the● are indeed Arguments of our real Love and Affection and the only way we can make use of either to please him or to shew the sincerity of our Hearts Next to pleasing Of enjoying him God a desire to enjoy him is consistent with our Love if we love God in earnest we shall covet to be always in his Company conversing with him in Prayers and Meditations hearing his Word and receiving his Sacraments which is the only means of enjoying God in this World Our enjoyment of God in the next is far more permanent and compleat there we shall be continually with him in eternal fruition of Joy and Happiness in comparison of which all our advantages in ●his Life are but empty Baubles and Trifles A Fourth Duty to Fear God is Fear which ●rises from the consideration of his Power and Justice and those in Conjunction do both enable and oblige him to punish the Wicked an awful regard and belief of which is the only means that can restr 〈…〉 us from offending him God is the chiefes● Object of Fear and We ought not to fear Man more than God therefore we ough● not to fear Man mor● than God I will no● fear says the Psal●mist what Man can do unto me Me● have no Power to do us hurt unles● by God's Permission and then the● Malice can reach no further neithe● than our Goods Names Liberties or our Lives the Destruction o● Soul and Body together is Gods Pre●rogative only 'T is God alone that knows a● our secret Thoughts and Transact●ons all our Sins though committe● with never so much Privacy lie al●ways open before him and he 'll b● sure to find us out and punish 〈◊〉 unless we repent which indeed i● the greatest Argument that can b● to awaken our Fears and engage ou● Apprehensions A Fifth Duty to God is Trust that is Trust a depending and resting upon him in all our Dangers Wants and Extremities whether Spiritual or Temporal In our Spiritual Dangers we are to Spiritual Dangers throw our selves upon God's Assistance and to implore him to strengthen us with the Grace of his Holy Spirit that we may be able to withstand or at least to remove the Temptation In our Temporal Temporal Dangers Dangers we are to rest and depend upon him to commit our selves to the shadow of his Wings under the Royal Prophets Assurance Psalm ●4 22. That the Lord delivereth the Souls of the Saints and all that put their trust in him shall not be destitute In all our Dangers and Distresses with Prayers and Tears we are to implore his aid and not attempt to deliver our selves by any wicked Act we must never use sinful means not We must not seek to deliver our selves by Sin even the Preservation of our Lives and Liberties can make any the least pretence for the doing an unjust thing Christ himself has told us that if we gain the whole World and loose our own Souls we are great loosers by the Bargain if therefore things should ever come to that unhappy Issue that we must part with our Estates perhaps our Lives or else commit Sin we should then remember that that 's the proper season to fight under the Banner of the great Captain of our Salvation the Crucify'd JESVS In our spiritual Necessities we are to Spiritual wants fly to God with Tears in our Eyes and invoke his Assistance we are to pour out our Souls before him and then we may depend upon it that as he has commanded us nothing that he has not given us Power to perform so he will suffer us to want nothing that we ask of him with a holy and devout Integrity of mind We are likewise to rely upon him in all Temporal wants our Temporal and Bodily Wants he has oblig'd himself to take care of all his faithful Servants his Eye is upon them that fear him and them that hope in his Mercy to deliver their Souls from Death and to feed them in the time of Famine If we do our Duty honestly and religiously The Benefits of trusting in God in our several Places and Callings then as the Apostle adviseth we may cast all our Care upon God who careth for us and he who is subject to no sort of Deceit or Impoverishment that best knows our wants and is best able to supply 'em will be sure in the proper season to relieve us against all Dangers and Necessities whether Spiritual or Temporal I conclude this with the words of the Apostle Phil. 4. 6.